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wyz reacted to ggrieco in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Thanks Michael,
I'm learning a lot from this build. I have already changed a couple of details on the model thanks to previous comments and questions. It nice to have access to the broader knowledge base that this site provides.
Building the boilers is coming up soon and we only have a handful of pieces from Heroine's boilers. Three pieces of the firefront, a few gratings the steam exhaust from the safety valve, one standpipe and a checkvalve just before the standpipe. I've done a preliminary reconstruction showing the surviving features in blue but, many details are still missing. I look forward to any comments or criticisms.
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wyz got a reaction from ggrieco in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
There aren't enough words for superlative in my thesaurus to adequately describe your workmanship.
Tom
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wyz got a reaction from Omega1234 in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Death star? Mark, don't shoot yourself in the foot.
Tom
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wyz reacted to Stuntflyer in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Stuntflyer (Mike) - FINISHED - 1:48 scale
The margin planks are done. .
The only way that I could get the four sections of planks located between the stern frames at the same angle was to add shims onto the false deck. You can see where I placed them between the stern frames on the port side. The shims taper across the deck from 1/64" to less than 1/32". Without them the two sections on the port side would have dropped too much. Prior to installing these four pieces I could see where the false deck was slightly lower on the port side near the counter.
The scarph joints were made with a #11 blade and some needle files. I went slowly, spending time trying to get a close fit. I also had to figure out the proper length of each section so the joints would center between the gun ports. The three long sections on each side were joined, sanded and given a coat of W-O-P off the ship prior to placing them into the hull.
I decided to soften the inside edge of the caprail. It's a small thing but it does make the overall appearance better, I think. I'm also refining the paint work around the fashion pieces as you can see. I'm not in any hurry to finish painting around the caprail since other parts have to be installed on top, which would only require more sanding and painting.
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wyz reacted to Stuntflyer in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Stuntflyer (Mike) - FINISHED - 1:48 scale
I managed to complete the waterways today. .
They are very small and fragile being only 1/32" x 1/32" before being rounded off. The shape was created by taping a 1/32" sheet at the edge of a table with a slight overhang. Another piece of tape was laid down about 1/8" back of the sheets edge, to prevent any sanding of the wood further back. A long, flat sanding block was used to shape the quarter round. A 1/32" strip was then ripped from the sheet with the flat side up on the table saw. Done the other way the round edge would have slid underneath the saws fence. The waterways were glued in with medium CA.
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wyz reacted to captainbob in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
As everyone has said your metal work is beautiful. But the mounting of the metal parts on the wood is also fantastic. Just like the real boat.
Bob
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wyz reacted to ggrieco in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Thanks so much to everyone for your kind words. I'm sorry for not being able to respond more quickly. I have a six year old and a nine year old that demand my attention as soon as I get home from work and when they are not demanding my attention they are hogging my iPad to play my little pony.
Thanks Greg, for the engine I used five dips in Birchwood casey's brass black. I let it sit for about twenty seconds and then rinse and swab with a q-tip between dips. I let it dry over night and then rub it all down with a rag slightly dampened with oil. The oil does a nice job of evening everything out.
Hello S. Coleman, good question about dropping the fire. I had never heard of it being done on a western river steamboat. I'm had to look up the process for locomotives. If I understand correctly, the gratings were removed and the coal in the firebox is dropped directly onto the tracks to reduce the heat. On heroine, the gratings were removable but only a couple would be accessible with fire in the firebox. They would have only been able to drop the fire into the ash pit but I'm not sure if it would have provided much reduction in heat. Coal provided a much more intense heat than the wood that heroine was using and quickly dumping the fuel would have provided a greater degree of heat reduction. Now I'm really curious if steamboats had a comparable process. Maybe someone else out there has an idea.
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wyz got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Your metal work is really something to behold .... quality to the nth degree! I'm really enjoying this build. Thanks for sharing.
Tom
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wyz got a reaction from Bobstrake in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Your metal work is really something to behold .... quality to the nth degree! I'm really enjoying this build. Thanks for sharing.
Tom
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wyz got a reaction from ggrieco in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Your metal work is really something to behold .... quality to the nth degree! I'm really enjoying this build. Thanks for sharing.
Tom
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wyz got a reaction from WackoWolf in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
There aren't enough words for superlative in my thesaurus to adequately describe your workmanship.
Tom
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wyz got a reaction from mtaylor in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
There aren't enough words for superlative in my thesaurus to adequately describe your workmanship.
Tom
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wyz got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Death star? Mark, don't shoot yourself in the foot.
Tom
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wyz got a reaction from Dimitris71 in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
There aren't enough words for superlative in my thesaurus to adequately describe your workmanship.
Tom
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wyz got a reaction from Canute in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Your metal work is really something to behold .... quality to the nth degree! I'm really enjoying this build. Thanks for sharing.
Tom
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wyz reacted to Kronprinz in Speedwell 1752 by dvm27 (Greg Herbert) - FINISHED - Ketch Rigged Sloop
Hello Greg,
I look very interested, because I'll start the sister of Speedwell with her Snow rigging - the Wolf - in the next week.But I will do it in PoB - and hope to find some help in here.
It's great to know how it could be built as PoF...
As far as I could see you scaled her to 1/48 - is that right?
Looking enranced,
Christian
P.S.:
And please be well prepared for a well filled number of stupid beginners questions...
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wyz reacted to druxey in HMS Dragon 1760 by Siggi52 - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - English 74-Gun ship
I imagine only one access ladder was needed until there was armament mounted on the poop deck.
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wyz reacted to dvm27 in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Holy crap you're good! What secret blackening recipe do you use? It's a source of never-ending frustration for most of us mere mortals.
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wyz reacted to Panagiotis in Kilkis ex Mississippi (BB-23) by Panagiotis - FINISHED - scale 1:100 - Greek Battle Ship
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Thank you
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wyz reacted to Panagiotis in Kilkis ex Mississippi (BB-23) by Panagiotis - FINISHED - scale 1:100 - Greek Battle Ship
Hi all mates.
I don't know about your countries but here, even some days before Christmas the weather seems rather like starting autumn...
So last week I had the chance to test my model in the sea and as I had promised you, you can see the results in the below photos.
Home and seashore preparation
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And here she goes….
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wyz reacted to Panagiotis in Kilkis ex Mississippi (BB-23) by Panagiotis - FINISHED - scale 1:100 - Greek Battle Ship
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Thank you all who had the kindness to follow me in this journey.
I'm leaving you for now but keep in mind, I have already something else in my mind...
Thank you
Panagiotis
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wyz got a reaction from mtaylor in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Death star? Mark, don't shoot yourself in the foot.
Tom
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wyz got a reaction from Piet in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Death star? Mark, don't shoot yourself in the foot.
Tom
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wyz reacted to ggrieco in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
I was almost able to complete the engine this week. All that remains are the throttle handle and feewater preheater on the exhaust. I fitted the flywheel bearings and the cam frame supports. The next step will be position the remaining six bearings in-line with the flywheel bearings. I'm planning on using a round beam from a beam compass and sleeves turned to the proper journal diameters to guarentee alignment.
Valve levers fresh from the mill and before and after soldering.
Valve levers and risers.
Assembled valve levers before blackening.
After blackening.
Cam frame supports and flywheel bearings after blackening.
Port view of nearly completed engine.
Starboard view.
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wyz reacted to tadheus in La Salamandre by tadheus - 1:24
Continuation.
The beginning of the relation is available at this address:
http://5500.forumact...ndre-1-24#66516
Regards, Paul
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